Designing a PC Game

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Design. ▫ Platforms. ▫ Languages. ▫ Components. ▫ Tools. ▫ Game engines. ▫ Trends ... 3D graphics hardware. DVD. Xbox. Hand- helds. Cell. Phone. Games ...
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Chance-based games

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Rules

Quantifiable outcome associated with player(s)

Player influences outcome

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Fiber to the home

2000s

DVD 3D graphics hardware

1990s

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America Online

1980s

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3DO

"Multimedia machines"

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CompuServe

CRASH! Atari 2600

Online games

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Commodore 64 Apple II

Personal computer games 1970s

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Home game consoles Arcade video games

Microprocessor invented, 1971 Mainframe computer games

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Large LBE devices

Nintendo

Sound Blaster IBM PC

PlayStation 2

SNES

CD-ROM VGA card

GameCube Xbox

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